It’s Cavani who’s grabbing the headlines for Uruguay this World Cup, his brace here steering his nation past the Euro 2016 champions and into the quarter finals, again. No magic from Ronaldo here, and on the day Messi exited the tournament, the other of those players who have had a duopoly on the world’s best player award for much of the last decade also exited. The Armchair didn’t fancy Uruguay much this World Cup, but that’s looking like a mistake…
Showing posts with label Messi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Messi. Show all posts
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
ROUND OF 16: France 4-3 Argentina
The day Messi took a back seat and Mbappe came of age. A seven goal thriller, which Argentina took close to extra time. But the French ran out deserved winners, their second from Pavard, a right back, a veritable stunner and strong candidate for goal of the tournament. It’s taken a while for France to get into gear, and Argentina were never really firing here, but take nothing away, this French side looks like it’s got the ingredients to win it.
Friday, 29 June 2018
World Cup Group D Final Games: Argentina 2-1 Nigeria; Croatia 2-1 Iceland
Oh, Rojo. How you saved a nation. How you got Maradona to show two fingers to the rest of the world. How you saved Messi’s international career for at least a few more days. How well you finished, but how much you denied a Nigeria team who surely deserved a place in the Round of 16. They were just minutes away, but everyone else in the group were a lot of points of away from Croatia who maxed out on point age and served to remind the world that their quality players make a quality team that’s to be feared in the knock-out phase.
Monday, 25 June 2018
World Cup 2018: Argentina 0-3 Croatia
The unravelling of the Messi legend didn’t quite happen here, but almost. The genius proved he can’t quite produce his club performance for his country. Take nothing away from Croatia though, who were epic. More epic than The Armchair could ever have imagined.
The Armchair Predicted
Argentina 2-2 Croatia
15 and 8
Saturday, 16 June 2018
World Cup 2018: Argentina 1-1 Iceland
England fans must feel a bit better about their Euro2016 exit after this.
Iceland are no pushover, clearly. Clear as ice, in fact.
But Messi continues to misfire in the big tournaments. He will never be regarded as a true international legend unless he can turn things round in the next couple of games.
That missed penalty of his has condemned The Armchair to face his first inaccurate prediction of this World Cup, at the sixth attempt.
There was almost a siege on the Icelandic goal toward the end, but their huge keeper and even mightier spirit kept the South Americans at bay to secure a well-earned, first ever World Cup point.
And a big, loud, welcome to the World Cup to the Viking Thunderclap. So much more interesting than the ageing Mexican Wave (32 years old this World Cup.)
So, The Armchair has been proved wrong, but having predicted Croatia to win the group, there's still room for a little smugness.
The Armchair Predicted:
Argentina 2-1 Iceland
5 and 1
Iceland are no pushover, clearly. Clear as ice, in fact.
But Messi continues to misfire in the big tournaments. He will never be regarded as a true international legend unless he can turn things round in the next couple of games.
That missed penalty of his has condemned The Armchair to face his first inaccurate prediction of this World Cup, at the sixth attempt.
There was almost a siege on the Icelandic goal toward the end, but their huge keeper and even mightier spirit kept the South Americans at bay to secure a well-earned, first ever World Cup point.
And a big, loud, welcome to the World Cup to the Viking Thunderclap. So much more interesting than the ageing Mexican Wave (32 years old this World Cup.)
So, The Armchair has been proved wrong, but having predicted Croatia to win the group, there's still room for a little smugness.
The Armchair Predicted:
Argentina 2-1 Iceland
5 and 1
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